During all this time Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly at war with each other.

King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel were constantly at war with each other as long as they were in power.

King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel were constantly at war with each other as long as they were in power.

I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel."

Buckle on your sword, mighty king; you are glorious and majestic.

Your arrows are sharp, they pierce the hearts of your enemies; nations fall down at your feet.

I came to set sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law;

your worst enemies will be the members of your own family.

For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do.

For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.

Then a furious battle broke out, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated by David's men.

He told his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then she and those wise friends of his told him, "You are beginning to lose power to Mordecai. He is a Jew, and you cannot overcome him. He will certainly defeat you."

All the wealth you lost will be nothing compared with what God will give you then.

Those who claim to be respectable are more and more convinced they are right.

They grow stronger as they go; they will see the God of gods on Zion.

The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.

The road of the wicked, however, is dark as night. They fall, but cannot see what they have stumbled over.

While you were looking at it, a great stone broke loose from a cliff without anyone touching it, struck the iron and clay feet of the statue, and shattered them.

At once the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold crumbled and became like the dust on a threshing place in summer. The wind carried it all away, leaving not a trace. But the stone grew to be a mountain that covered the whole earth.

At the time of those rulers the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. It will never be conquered, but will completely destroy all those empires and then last forever.

You saw how a stone broke loose from a cliff without anyone touching it and how it struck the statue made of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God is telling Your Majesty what will happen in the future. I have told you exactly what you dreamed, and have given you its true meaning."

I looked, and there was a white horse. Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown. He rode out as a conqueror to conquer.